Table 1.
General characteristics of hypertensive people, who did not join, joined after screening survey or joined the management programme later
| Characteristics | Hypertensives after screening | New participants (n = 141) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Did not join (n = 151) |
Joined (n = 318) |
||
| Age (years) (mean ± SD) | 54.7 ± 16.1** | 65.5 ± 14.1 | 65.6 ± 12.4 |
| Male (%) | 42.4 | 46.2 | 48.2 |
| Education status | |||
| Primary school or lower (%) | 26.5** | 45.0 ** | - |
| Secondary school or higher (%) | 73.5 ** | 55.0 ** | - |
| Marital status | |||
| Married (%) | 82.1 | 75.2 | - |
| Other (%) | 17.9 | 24.8 | - |
| Occupation | |||
| Manual worker (%) | 51.7 ** | 32.1 ** | - |
| Other (%) | 48.3 ** | 67.9 ** | - |
| Distance to health station (km) | 0.95 ± 0.48 | 1.00 ± 0.49 | - |
| Having insurance (%) | 35.8 | 44.0 | - |
| Having voluntary insurance (%) | 4.6 | 3.1 | - |
| Initial systolic BP (mean ± SD) | 148.5 ± 16.8 ** | 163.4 ± 19.4 ** | 174.5 ± 21.2 ** |
| Initial diastolic BP (mean ± SD) | 88.3 ± 9.1 ** | 92.7 ± 11.6 ** | 96.7 ± 13.1 ** |
| Initial blood pressure categories | |||
| Pre-hypertensive stages+ (%) | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 ** |
| Hypertension stage I (%) | 79.5 ** | 45.9 ** | 22.0 ** |
| Hypertension stage II (%) | 12.6 ** | 32.4 | 36.9 |
| Hypertension stage III (%) | 7.3 ** | 21.1 ** | 41.1 ** |
| Number of behavioural CVD risk factors | 1.0 ± 0.8 ** | 0.6 ± 0.8 | 0.7 ± 0.8 |
| Having history of CVD (%) | 20.5 ** | 50.9 ** | 6.4 ** |
| Having history of chronic disease (%) | 16.6 * | 10.1 | 7.1 |
| Having family history of CVD (%) | 31.1 ** | 14.8 | 17.0 |
+ Hypertensive people but well treated; * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01